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combustible

com-bust(=burn)-ible

adj.可燃的 capable of catching fire and burning

  ex.Gasoline vapor is highly combustible.

adj.易動激情的 easily excited:

聯想:將bust想成burst

ps.combustion   n.燃燒 process of burning

comedienne

comedy(n.喜劇)-enne(woman)

n.【法】女喜劇演員 [a woman who is a comic entertainer or actress.]

ps.comedian n.喜劇演員

comely

come-ly

adj.秀麗的,漂亮的 [pleasing in appearance; attractive]

聯想:見到漂亮姑娘都希望她能過來

ps.becoming adj.【舊】好看的;有吸引力的

ps. Anne Hathaway

comic

adj.滑稽的;使人發笑的

ps. comics n.漫畫

comity

n.禮讓 mutual courtesy

from cōm(is) affable + -itās -ity

comity of nations  

Courteous recognition accorded by one nation to the laws and institutions of another.

comma

n.逗號

c.f.
coma n.昏迷

separate:comma
逗號起分隔作用

commemorate

com-memor(remember)-ate

v.紀念

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mon- = monēre to remind, warn

monument          n.紀念碑

monumental      adj.紀念碑的、極大的

mem- = remember

memory         n.記憶、紀念

memor-ial        n.紀念碑=monument      adj.紀念的

memoir            n.回憶錄(本人寫的)

memento         n.紀念品;引起回憶的東西  [想成 moment ]

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commence

com-mence(initial)

v.開始  to begin

v.得學位

commencement

commence-ment

n.開始

n.學位授予典禮;畢業典禮 the ceremony of conferring degrees or granting diplomas at the end of the academic year.

commencement <> cessation  n.停止

commencement <> matriculation n.錄取入學

commensurate

com-mensure-ate

adj.同量的;相稱的 having the same measure

  ex.a salary commensurate with my performance.